Yuliya and I met at Greater Stamford Toastmaster in 2011. I was a new member. I knew she is “special” from the first time I saw her speaking (evaluation). Yuliya has a keen ear of listening; she provided speakers thoughtful feedback in a positive demeanor. We became fast friends as we share many traits and …
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I met Priscilla in late March 2012 at Women Mentoring Network, a non-profit to empower women with life skills. Priscilla was a presenter and talked about starting CPASGhana, a non-profit to send girls to schools in Ghana. She was a retired art teacher, soft-spoken and had no personal tie with the country. Priscilla fell in …
If I choose one word to describe Amy, it would be “thoughtful”. Let me give you a few examples… Amy is an amazing chef and a hostess. (Pre-Covid) Every year she threw a holiday (Xmas) party and invited friends to her apartment. She started preparing the “global food tour” days prior, including American favorite, e.g. …
I met Richa and Mian at the last company. Richa and I saw each other in some group meetings. Mian recently joined the company and we were introduced by her manager who was a key partner of the Global-localization initiative I was leading. We hit it off. A month after Mian and I met, the …
I met Simone at Greater Stamford Toastmaster (GST) in 2011. She was the club president and I was a new member. I admired her energy, confidence, and how she presented herself so I asked her if she’d be willing to mentor me. She said Yes. In our first meeting, she asked my goal for Toastmaster. …
After reading https://www.yahoo.com/news/shes-chess-champion-barely-see-200244741.html, I looked for the contact of the journalist on what we can do to support Jessica’s dream then I found https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-sight-impaired-chess-champion-jessica-lauser, 2020 may be a challenging year yet there is always bright side and plenty of good people! Go #Cheesica! … twitted above 8:09PM Dec 29, 2020 @UncoverSpecial
My aunt’s best friend called me last night suggesting a Christmas picnic lunch today at aunt’s front yard. She said she’d order Chinese noodles for lunch and I just “show up”. I offered to pick up the food since the restaurant is closer to me and said I’d bring drinks. I loved the chewy, fat, …
I heard from the radio that a single mom who was laid-off during Covid felt bad that she couldn’t buy presents to her children, actually, she couldn’t even afford a Christmas tree. I felt sad for her, not only the financial challenges but also the “holiday obligation”. I never had a Christmas tree or gifts …
Mom suggested me to get an eye warmer to prevent dry eyes (more prominent nowadays and at younger age due to extensive usage of 3C products). I tried on the warmer, it’s so smoothing that I almost fell asleep. My roommate told me there is a restaurant in NYC that you eat in the dark …
No shopping this Black Friday, instead, I ordered two things online. In the past, aunt’s banquet easily had 20+ people and 15+ dishes, today just 4 of us with 3 home-made dishes: rice cake stew, shrimp, string bean; plus roasted veggie pizza I brought from a local shop, simple and delicious. We ate on the …
